"Tormented by his mother's suicide, Jon Bernard is driven to
become the greatest painter that the world has ever known. Incapable of
embracing the unconditional love and adoration from his childhood sweetheart, Jennifer
Robbins, or from his caring father and upbeat group of friends, Jon innocently
entangles himself into the ever-scheming clutches of Vanguard City's
most powerful art dealer, Jules De Medici, who remains deeply obsessed with the
memory of Jon's mother. The dark passionate journey Jon embarks upon to
discover the depths of true love brings him to the brink of disaster and ruin
once Jules entices him with a stunning temptress, Alexandra Laurent. So befalls
this epic tale of betrayal, obsession, resurrection, and the quest for love's
ultimate redemption… The Soul," explain press notes.

The 2 disc set, with music, lyrics and book by Jonathan
David Sloate, contains 31 musical numbers.

The New Picasso
staged its premiere reading at New World Stages on October 10th, 2006. The
creative team was comprised of Director Sam Scalamoni (Beauty and the Beast), Music Director Jan Rosenberg (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and Composer,
Lyricist and Librettist Jonathan David Sloate, who also created the new musical
The Tower Of Babel. As composer, Jonathan David Sloate wrote the
scores for Warner Bros.' Mortal Kombat
Conquest and USA Networks' Mortal
Kombat: Defenders of the Realm. Casting was by Mungioli Theatricals and
Arnold J. Mungioli, C.S.A (Ragtime). Dave Ferdinand's One Dream Sound provided
sound design. Pianist Jan Rosenberg
conducted Keyboardist Kristin Dabaghian, Bassist Ray Kilday (The Drowsy Chaperone), and Percussionist
Paul Davis (Fiddler On The Roof). Production Stage Manager Beverly Jenkins (The Lion King) lead Stage Managers Karyn
Meek (Fiddler On The Roof) and Jovon
E. Shuck (Noises Off).

Since The New Picasso
and The Tower Of Babel have been
penned for both stage and cinema they have garnered 43 Awards in the past 2
years at worldwide film festivals and writing competitions and are currently
ranked as the 1st and 2nd most award-winning Fantasy and Romance scripts over
the past decade.